Overview

• Supreme Court magistrate Leopoldo Puente has ordered former PSOE secretary Santos Cerdán to remain in pretrial detention on charges tied to the corruption network known as caso Koldo.
• New evidence has prompted the UCO to probe additional public works from José Luis Ábalos’s tenure that may have been awarded without open competition.
• Investigators identified a €390,761 emergency stabilization contract on the Madrid–Galicia high-speed line granted in 2019 to Obras Públicas y Regadíos without a public tender.
• Clandestine conversations recorded by the UCO suggest the network could have funneled over €5 million in illicit commissions and may involve PSE officials in the Basque Country.
• Basque President Imanol Pradales has mandated a comprehensive ten-year review of regional public contracts following revelations from the UCO.